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NEWSLETTER
9th OCTOBER 2014
A FEW WORDS FROM MRS MALAM
CAFS NEWS
It’s been another exciting and inspiring week at LCA! This week in
particular has been filled with unusual and interesting guests. Ask
your child/ren about the baby visitor and the Lincolnshire Longwool
sheep and chickens! What a lot we learnt in these sessions and yet
again I’m left feeling how lucky we are to be able to provide such a
varied and rich curriculum for the children.
Hello Everybody,
Just a quick mention about times of the school day - we open the
gates at 8:55am every morning so that you have time to settle your
child in their class and chat with the teacher if you need to. Please
ensure that your child arrives by 9:10am as learning starts at this
time and if they’re late they will miss important parts of this. In the
afternoon, the gates open at about 3:00pm ready for you to collect
your child at 3:10pm when school closes. If you are going to be late
then please make sure you’ve called school so that we can make
arrangements for your child.
MONKEYS & GIRAFFES CLASS NEWS
During the last 2 weeks the children in Giraffes and Monkeys class
have been sharing their favourite things with their friends and their
teachers. We had a lovely time looking at everyone's favourite toys
and did some brilliant writing about them too. The children are
really getting to grips with being able to hear, say and write the
sounds in all sorts of words. We also had a morning talking about
our favourite foods and deciding whether these were healthy foods
or treat foods. It turned out that most of our favourites were
treats... including the teachers! However, the children had a great
knowledge of healthy foods and made all sorts of fruits and
vegetables using play dough and drew their favourite healthy meals
on paper plates.
This week the children have had a chance to share their favourite
book with their friends. It has been lovely to see so many children
sharing their joy of reading and it is clear that they are having lots of
wonderful, positive reading experiences at home. We looked at
where their stories were set and discovered stories from outer
space, jungles, forests, farms and ice kingdoms! Next time you share
a bedtime story at home; why not talk to your child about where
the story is set?
We ended our learning about 'Our Favourite Things' by inviting
special people from our families to join us in school for a tea party.
We shared our special books and looked at photographs of the
things that the children had been taking part in during their first few
weeks at school. We finished the session by asking the children to
introduce their special person and telling us what made them so
special. It was wonderful to hear the comments that the children
made. We certainly have some very special people out there!
We hope you received your letters in book bags last week regarding
the AGM and the CAFS Disco.
Posters are also up and around school for both events, with
information on. If you have any questions, please get in touch - email;
cafs@lincolncarltonacademy.lincs.sch.uk
CAFS meeting 16th October, 2pm in the Purple Room. Please come
along before school pick up to see if you can help with any current
CAFS events being organised. Also we will be discussing future
fundraising ideas.
The AGM (Wednesday 12th November, 7.30pm at Lincoln Carlton
Academy)
This is a massively important meeting and we really need parents to
come along to get involved with CAFS. Committee Members are all
required to step down and re-elections will take place.
The more help we have, the more fun events we can host, and in turn
the more money we can raise to spend on resources and equipment
for the children.
The CAFS Disco - Thursday 16th October, 5.30 - 7pm. If you want to
leave your child, that is fine. Please leave your contact details in case
of emergency.
If you'd like to stay, then we will have refreshments on offer in the
Purple Room. Please ensure your £3 payment is paid with your reply
slip by tomorrow at the latest.
Thanks,
Sarah Benton CAFS Chair Person.
YEAR 1 REMINDERS
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Don’t forget about our homework projects for ‘Me and My
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World’, we will be sharing these the week beginning 21
October.
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Our Lincolnshire WOW day is on Thursday 16 October –
dress up to represent something from Lincolnshire.
WARM CLOTHING
Autumn has now begun and the weather over the last week has
started to deteriorate. Please be aware that children will be outside in
all weathers and will need to be clothed appropriately. All children will
need a warm coat to enable them to take part in outdoor learning. We
do have a supply of waterproof overalls for children to use on rainy
days. Wellies are not essential but are recommended so that children
can stomp in puddles without fear of ruining their school shoes.
Please ensure that all items are fully labelled with your child’s name.
Thank you.
CHEF’S CORNER
I have been able to travel further afield this week when I attended
the Universal Infant Free School Meal workshop in Sheffield. It was
fascinating to hear how other schools across the country have
implemented the free meals. The themes included menu planning,
planning, procurement and training needs to name just a few!
Our new Assistant Chef, Leanna Brothwell, popped in this week and
we have been looking at the kitchen and planning the meeting at
st
which all parents and children are invited to on Tuesday 21
October, 6pm – we hope you can make it to come and find out more!
MORRISONS VOUCHERS
We are collecting the Morrison’s ‘Let’s Grow’ vouchers so if you have
any, please could you hand them in to the office or your child’s
teacher. This will really benefit our Little Green Thumbs group with
their work.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION &
INFORMATION
SICKNESS
If your child is ill and unable to attend school, please contact the
office on 01522 522633 on each day of absence to notify us. School
policy is that children must be kept off school for a minimum of 24
hours after the last incidence of sickness or diarrhoea.
WEBSITE
www.lincolncarltonacademy.com
EMAIL
enquiries@lincolncarltonacademy.lincs.sch.uk
TWITTER
@Carltonacademy1
@Carlton_giraffe
@Carlton_monkeys
@Carlton_japan
@Carlton_brazil
@Carlton_head
@Carlton_ExecHT
@LCAFS
HARVEST FESTIVAL
We are looking forward to having our Lincoln Carlton Academy
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Harvest Festival on Wednesday 22 October at 2pm. We love to invite
our parents to be a part of this assembly and so we will be sending 2
tickets home with each child for you to use for your family.
Unfortunately, due to space in the hall, we have to restrict the
amount of adults able to be with us.
As part of the Harvest Festival, Lincoln Carlton Academy is giving any
donations brought in by our children, to Lincoln’s Community Larder.
The have requested donations of the following to supplement their
food store:
Tins
Packets
Jars
Meat dishes:
Sugar
Jams,
e.g. stews,
Instant noodles
Marmalade
meatballs,
Cereals
Honey
curries, pies
Instant Mash
Peanut Butter
Hot Dogs
UHT semi milk
Pasta Sauces
Tuna
Jellies and
Coffee
Fruit
Instant whip
Rice Pudding
Biscuits
No thank you
Sweetcorn
(due to surplus stocks)
Carrots
Baked beans
Peas
Soup
Dried Pasta
Tea
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Year 1 Special Assembly – Parents of Yr 1 invited
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Friday 10 October, 2.40pm. Doors open at 2.30pm
Lincolnshire WOW Day
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Thursday 16 October
CAFS Autumn Disco
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Thursday 16 October, 5.30-7.00pm
Meet the Chef – Hot Dinners at LCA Meeting
Tuesday 21st October, 6.00pm
Individual School Photographs
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Monday 20 October. Sibling shots from 8.30am
Harvest Festival – Parents Carers welcome (2 per student)
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Wednesday 22 October, time to be confirmed
End of Term 1
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Thursday 23 October
Start of Term 2
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Monday 3 November
Parents Coffee Morning in the Family Room
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Tuesday 4 November, 9.10am
LCA Open Day
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Thursday 6 November, 10am and 2pm
CAFS AGM
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Wednesday 12 November, 7.30pm in school
Parents’ Evening
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Wednesday 19 November, 3.30-6.30pm
Parents’ Evening
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Thursday 20 November, 3.30-6.30pm